Culture Gabfest: Normal People?

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🗓️ 13 May 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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This week on the Culture Gabfest, Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the Hulu adaption of Sally Rooney’s Normal People. Next, they talk about John Krasinski’s Some Good News. Finally, the panel dives into Dana’s comfort watch for this week: In a Lonely Place. On the Slate Plus segment this week, the panel is joined by Jody Rosen to talk about the music and legacy of Little Richard. Sign up for Slate Plus at Slate.com/cultureplus Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen. Endorsements: Dana: Spike Lee’s short film about New York City. Julia: The Donut Hole in La Puente, Calif., a trip inspired after reading “Drive-throughs and drive-ins were fading. Coronavirus made them a lifeline” by Carolina A. Miranda in the Los Angeles Times. Steve: Nick Lowe performing “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding” as part of Rolling Stone’s “In My Room” series. Also, Nick Lowe’s “I Read A Lot.” Plus, check out Madison Cunningham’s “Dry As Sand.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Stephen MacKaff and this is the Sla Culture Gap Fest Normal People,
0:13.7	Question Mark, Edition. It's Wednesday, May 13th, 2020. On today's show,
0:18.7	Normal People is the BBC Hulu adaptation of the Sally Rooney novel.
0:22.4	It tells the story of a Star Cross
0:24.3	class-inflected love affair between two young aspiring creatives coming of age
0:29.1	in contemporary Ireland and then John Krasinskihi of the Quiet Place movies The Office and
0:34.5	Jack Ryan has created a quarantine talk show from his home it's called Some Good News
0:39.0	and you can find it on YouTube and finally Dana's turn has come around again.
0:44.4	And how would you know that?
0:46.2	The Comfort Movie Pick this week features a murderous psychopath.
0:49.7	We discussed the Nicholas Ray noir classic in a lonely place, which I wanted to see forever, Dana Stevens, thank you for finally goating me into watching it.
1:02.0	Dana is the film critic for slate.com.
1:05.0	Hey Dana.
1:06.0	Hello.
1:07.0	Please tell me that you're safe and sound in Brooklyn, New York.
1:10.0	I can't complain or rather I can but will not on the air. I know and Julia
1:19.2	Turner joins us from Los Angeles she's the deputy managing editor of the LA Times, hey Julia.
1:24.3	Hello, hello. And I take it you're hanging in there I hope. As well as can be.
1:30.9	Okay. I'm Jonathan Braylock.
1:37.0	I'm Dr.
1:38.0	I'm Jram Milligan.
1:39.2	And I'm James the Third.
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